Second World War (1939-1945)

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The Second World War (1939-1945)
This is a simple timeline of the WWII.
  • The war began on September 1, 1939, with an attack on Poland.
  • Britain and France declare war on Germany
  • Fall of France
  • Wiston Churchill replaces Chamberlain as Prime Minister
  • Battle of Britain - the German luftwaffe battles the RAF
  • Germany launches Operation Barbarossa (invasion of Russia)
  • Japanese attack Pearl Harbor
  • 30,000 Jews killed at Babi Yar over 2 days
  • Atlantic Charter
  • German advance stopped at Stalingrad
  • Battle of Midway
  • Wansee Conference organizes the Final Solution (to eliminate the Jews of Europe)
  • Battle of Kursk
  • Allies land in Italy
  • Mussolini's government falls
  • Warsaw ghetto uprising
  • Percentages Agreement between Churchill and Stalin
  • D-Day (invasion of Normandy)
  • Germans launch Battle of the Bulge
  • Yalta Conference
  • Hilter commits suicide
  • V-E Day
  • Victory of British Labour Party over Conservatives
  • Potsdam Conference
  • Atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima
  • Unisted Nations created as charter is ratifies
  • Nuremberg Trials for crimes against humanity begin
  • Nuremberg Laws - depriving Jews of citizenship and forcing them to wear a yellow Star of David on their clothing whenever they left their homes.
  • Kristallnacht - It is called the "night of broken glass" because of the resonating sound of shattered glass from Jewish stores and homes that rung out throughout that night.